Banana Walnut Bread

Is everyone ready? We are in full Holiday Season mode. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and then the Christmas season begins. Our houses will be full of lots of hungry family and friends. I’m a planner…a crazy, obsessed kind of planner. Sometimes, I know I make life more complicated and difficult than it needs to be, but the planning and organizing keeps me feeling calm. Knowing details are taken care of…that’s when I can relax and enjoy myself. I always start with the beginning of the day, breakfast. It doesn’t always have to be fancy, complicated, or take a lot of time to prepare. Pre-making and pre-baking are always my advice to help make feeding guests easier. One of my favorite foods to have ready is Banana Nut Bread…

Banana Nut Bread is a family favorite in our house. Everyone gets so excited when they smell or see that I made it. I do have to admit that I made it several times since moving up to 7300 ft and each time it was a disappointment. It was the same recipe that I have been making for about 20 years, but high altitude and baking can be tricky. At this altitude leaveners tend to work faster than your bread has time to “set” and you end up with a deflated or fallen product. It can be really frustrating! Sometimes you have to adjust baking times, temperatures, liquids, or the amount of eggs, sugar, or flour used in a recipe. Thankfully, most of my recipes turn work without any major changes. Before I figured it out the adjustments, I would make these Banana Nut Pancakes.

To help make this recipe a little healthier, I use whole white wheat flour. It is a whole grain and has a very mild flavor and light texture that makes it an easy substitution for all-purpose flour. I also use Smart Balance butter blend to make this instead of using butter. I that it has less calories, less fat, and cholesterol compared to butter.

Pour batter into pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check for doneness. When it comes out clean take bread out of the oven and cool on a rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool.

Notes

Yield 1 loaf: 20 slices

3.2.2708

I love the aroma of this Banana Walnut Bread baking in the oven. The best part comes when you get to eat a slice of this moist bread and taste the delicious banana flavor mixed with crunchy walnuts. You will love how easy it is to make this bread is and your guests will be happy to have a slice of this Banana Walnut Bread in the morning with a hot cup of coffee. I know mine are

Aww, another planner So, you truly understand how I can make my life busier than it needs to be. I always say it my strength and weakness. Good to be organized, but bad that you spend so much time in the details.

I love Banana Nut Bread too, Cindy. It’s the absolute best for breakfast. Not to sweet, and not overly greasy like many breakfast foods. It’s the BEST for coffee! I love it. Happy sigh…I’m a planner too – there is just something comforting, wonderful and organized about having lists and getting to check them off as major accomplishments when we’re done with them. It’s a gift!!! The delightful details are what makes it shine; without them, we’re just going through the motions. Details are the icing on the cake, if you will. I love it and love having another planner as a friend!

My friend, you are so right! Even through all the craziness of being in control and organized it is very comforting to know things have been attended to and knowing where things are located. Well, that is up until I realized our movers opened some of my organized boxes and dumped everything into one large box. All I could think was how much time had I spent separating things into containers and then in a matter of minutes it was a huge mess. That was truly terrible. :/

My name is Cindy. I have been interested, fascinated and sometimes obsessed with food and nutrition since I was a young girl. Follow me to get whole food recipes that emphasize their nutritional benefits. Read More…